#67 Free Reissue: Crying of Lot 49, pt. I

Just the jolt my social media addled brain needs to persevere with ol' mate Pynchon

Page 110, Hilarious: “They walk through walls.” Reminds me of the scene from The Men Who Stare At Goats where the officer stands up and runs into the wall. Huh.

I’m reading this one for the first time. Page 83 seems to hold the most overt hints as to what Pynchon’s trying to communicate: Far Eastern/Latin Am. universities, commitments chosen that bring down gov’ts, Bancroft Way, Secretaries James and Foster, Senator Joseph, etc.

love one another, cuz lord only knows who grows up to be a genius programmer and who don't

god my brain must be fucking broken bc in that final stretch “but that the 1s and 0s are equal to the thing which they claim to encode” I started thinking about nfts gonna end it all

Is the fact this episode is all about inherent vice and not lot 49 also some joke I'm not in on?

Insanely good first episode ever

I actually loved the gimmick. It was a good hook.

Hey, at least you resisted the obvious number...

Born in 1959, and I was absolutely certain as a kid that the world would be better and fuck was I wrongo.

I love the joke. It makes me feel like I'm listening to contraband.

Lol I remember being so confused by this when I first started listening. I appreciate the joke

The best is, its a really pretentious bit, so it's extra funny that it annoys you and nobody else (I think it's cute)

Thank you!

I'm re reading lot 49 right now and was excited to go back and relisten to these after, happy to see them posted here!

I hear you on this re: quality, but I still think it's great.

Thanks for reposting these Michael. I was just trying to listen to them yesterday

Yaasss thank you MSJ

Sorry. Unless I’m supposed to pretend I’ve read it already.

Dammit. I guess I have to move this book to the front of the queue.

Hi I didn't read the caption but I wanted to ask where the previous 66 episodes are?